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| LeT plans attack on I'Day in J&K | | | |
Jammu, August 2: A big group of ultras have infiltrated into Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district via the Line of Control on July 30 and were heading for Tangmargh belt to meet a Lashkar-e-Taiba chief to engineer a major attack on the eve of Independence Day, a youth, the terrorists abducted as guide, said, according to police sources.
A group of terrorists numbering 20 to 22 had infiltrated into Poonch via Doonigram area along LoC and kidnapped a villager Mohmmad Sharief to use him as a guide in Poonch district on July 30, the sources informed.
However, after two days of guiding them in Poonch via Loran, where one terrorist was killed by troops on July 31, Sharief gave them a slip and escaped on Tuesday night, they said.
He approached security forces and police in Poonch and narrated the tale of his abduction to them.
Sharief told them that a LeT terrorist group is heading to Tangmargh belt of Baramulla district via Poonch to meet their LeT 'chief of operations' for engineering a major attack on the eve of coming Independence Day.
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| 2006 has witnessed lowest human rights violations: Azad | | Legislative council holds debate over Mir’s resignation | | | SRINAGAR, AUG 02: Chief Minister, Ghulam Nabi Azad, on Wednesday denied that graph of the human rights violations in Jammu and Kashmir has increased, he asserted that conditions are improving in the state, however he was quick to add that ‘all is not well’ and lot has to be done for restoring normalcy in the state. “ In the year 2006 human rights violations have been the lowest compared to last ten years. In 2006 there have been only two custodial deaths.” Azad told the members of the legislative council, while winding up the debate over the resignation of the chairman of the State Human Rights Commission (SHRC), Retired Justice Ali Mohammad Mir.
Azad, while referring to zero tolerance sa... | |
| | | | 2 lakh soldiers in JK for internal security: Azad | | ‘Peace process is on’ | | | SRINAGAR, AUG 02: Chief Minister, Ghulam Nabi Azad on Wednesday said that the strength of troops deployed in the Jammu and Kashmir for the internal security is two lakhs five thousand. “for maintaining the internal security of the state there are one lakh soldiers from the regular army and there are one lakh five thousand personnel from, Police, Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and Border Security Force (BSF), deployed in the state,” Azad informed the members of the legislative council during his speech on human rights scenario in the state.
Azad reiterated that government is striving hard for having zero tolerance in the state.
“Action has been initiated against those officers and p... | |
| | | | BETWEEN THE DEVIL AND DEEP SEA: APHC WANTS DELHI TO RESUME THE TALKS | | | | Srinagar, August 02: The All party Hurriyat Conference (APHC) leadership feels itself placed between the devil and the deep sea.On one hand it has earned the displeasure of hardliners and militants for having opened the dialogue channel with the government of India, on the other hand it stands ignored by the centre even after having had four rounds of talks with Delhi during the last three months.
According to a senior APHC leaderMolvi Abbas Ansari,”we are in a deep fix.On one side the government of India has suspended the process of dialogue with Pakistan and on the other hand the dialogue channel with us has been choked by Delhi for no fault of ours.”
Molvi Ansari told Kashmir... | |
| | | | SHEIKH KHANI ZAMAN ACCORDED EMOTIONAL FAREWELL BY FAMILY MEMBERS | | | | Jammu, August 02 :Two days after family members of Sheikh Khani Zaman, resident of Muzaffarabad in POK, celebrated marriage ceremony of his sisters son, he was accorded warm farewell by his relatives and several others with sobbing eyes and endless hugs. The send off ceremony brought tears in the eyes of all those present on the occasion as large number of friends and relatives had turned up to say goodbye to their loved one separated sixty years ago during partition with the rest of the family members.
The family members gathered on the occasion also appealed to both the countries to reduce procedural formalities to facilitate easy travel across line of control. The farewell ceremony ... | |
| | | | Ban to continue on 32 terrorist outfits | | 31 ISI-backed espionage modules neutralised:Jaiswal | | | SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT
NEW DELHI, AUG. 2: The Minister of Statre for Home Affairs, Sriprakash Jaiswal, has disclosed that as many as 31 espionage modules backed by Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) have been neutralised in various parts of India since January 2005.
The operations by different police and security and intelligence agencies led to the arrest of 56 agents, including 21 Pakistanis. Sriprakash Jaiswal informed the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday that the government has been pursuing a well coordinated and multi-pronged approach to tackle the activities of the ISI.
The approach is for strengthening border management, gearing up the intelligence machinery and by ha... | |
| | | | Indian Army's nuclear quick reaction teams | | Nuclear, chemical warfare threat has increased | | | PARLIAMENTARY CORRESPONDENT
NEW DELHI, AUG. 2: A highly significant development has taken place, with the Indian Army putting in place nuclear quick reaction teams in all commands. This apart, an Armed Forces Institute of Nuclear, Biological and Chemical protection has also been established. The institute, according to the Ministry of Defence, is conducting training programmes for all service personnel.
These and other steps are part of new strategy to speed up the preparedness of the forces to fight in a nuclear war scenario. A special unit has also been provided for the sensitive territory of Delhi. According to Parliamentary Standing Committee on Defence, the threat of nuclear, b... | |
| | | | Indian Army's nuclear quick reaction teams | | Nuclear, chemical warfare threat has increased | | |
PARLIAMENTARY CORRESPONDENT
NEW DELHI, AUG. 2: A highly significant development has taken place, with the Indian Army putting in place nuclear quick reaction teams in all commands. This apart, an Armed Forces Institute of Nuclear, Biological and Chemical protection has also been established. The institute, according to the Ministry of Defence, is conducting training programmes for all service personnel.
These and other steps are part of new strategy to speed up the preparedness of the forces to fight in a nuclear war scenario. A special unit has also been provided for the sensitive territory of Delhi. According to Parliamentary Standing Committee on Defence, the threat of nuclear, bi... | |
| | | | As many as 179 cases against SIMI | | Banned outfit continuing its secret activities: Patil | | | B L KAK
NEW DELHI, AUG. 2: The outlawed Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) has not abandoned its clandestine activities, the Minister for Home Affairs, Shivraj Patil, informed the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday.
The Centre as well as States are intrigued that in spite of the continuing ban on the SIMI, and in spite of the fact that a number of cases have already been registered against it, the outlawed organisation is continuing its secret activities.Shivraj Patil told the House in response to a question by BJP leader, S S Ahluwalia, that as many as 179 cases had been registered against SIMI by various States and the Delhi government. These cases were at different stages in the co... | |
| | | | Prithvi, Agni missiles inducted into armed forces | | | |
New Delhi, Aug 2 : The Prithvi and Agni strategic missile systems, as well as their variants, have been inducted in the armed forces, Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee told Rajya Sabha today.
In a written reply, he said the development of the Akash and Trishul surface-to-air missiles and Nag anti-tank missile is complete and the armed forces have been requested to place orders for them.
The BrahMos supersonic cruise missile has completed successful flight trials for the Navy and Army from ships and mobile land platforms. Production orders for it have also been received, he said.
Mukherjee, however, clarified that there was no missile project named Sagarika. Reports have suggested ... | |
| | | | India, Pak to make joint proposal on gas pipeline | | | | New Delhi, Aug 2 :India and Pakistan are likely to present a joint proposal on pricing of natural gas, which the two neighbours want to import from Iran through an over 7 billion dollar pipeline.
"India and Pakistan are coordinating their response to Iran's offer price of gas it wants to sell to the two countries through the Iran-Pakistan-India pipeline. In all likelihood the two countries will present a joint proposal when the officials of the three countries meet tomorrow afternoon," a government official said.
The last meeting of oil secretaries of the three nations in Islamabad on May 22-23 broke off after Iran sought a price linked to international crude oil.
The 3rd meeting of ... | |
| | | | Govt committed to Women's Quota bill | | | |
New Delhi, Aug 2 A strong demand was made in both Houses of Parliament for immediate introduction and passage of the long-pending Women's Reservation Bill with the Government assuring members that it would not go back on its commitment.
The demand was raised in the Lok Sabha by CPI member Gurudas Das Gupta which was supported by the entire Left as also Mamata Banerjee of Trinamool Congress.
Similar was the scene in Rajya Sabha where Brinda Karat CPI(M) raised the issue. She was supported by Left members.
Both Das Gupta and Karat drew Government's attention to the dharna being staged by several women's organisations in the capital to press the demand.
Parliamentary Affairs M... | |
| | | | SAARC refers SAFTA issue to Council of Commerce Ministers | | | |
Ajay Kaul
Dhaka, Aug 2 SAARC Foreign Ministers today decided to refer to the grouping's Council of Commerce Ministers India's complaint that Pakistan was not implementing SAFTA in letter and spirit.
The decision by the Foreign Ministerial-meeting of the seven-nation regional grouping was received positively by the Indian side.
"We raised this issue not because it is India-Pakistan dispute. It is affecting the SAARC process as well as all the member countries," Minister of State for External Affairs E Ahamed told reporters at the end of the meeting.
He said when a country "deviates from the agreement and is not fulfilling obligations it ought to fulfill, naturally it is a matte... | |
| | | | 31 ISI-backed espionage modules neutralised | | | |
Wednesday, 02 August
New Delhi: As many as 31 ISI-backed espionage modules have been neutralised in various parts of the country since January 2005 leading to the arrest of 56 agents, including 21 Pakistanis, Rajya Sabha was informed on Wednesday.
Government has been pursuing a well-coordinated and multi-pronged approach to tackle the activities of ISI by strengthening border management, gearing up the intelligence machinery and coordinating closely with Centre and state agencies, Minister of State for Home Affairs Sriprakash Jaiswal said in a written reply.
However, replying to another question, he said the available inputs do not confirm the direct presence of Al-Qaeda i... | |
| | | | 52 terrorist training camps reported to be in Pakistan | | | |
New Delhi, Aug 2 : As many as 52 terrorist training camps are reported to be existing in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) and the Government is continuing to inform the international community of these developments, the Lok Sabha was informed today.
Insurgent groups also continue to misuse Bangladesh territory for sanctury, training camps, transportation or arms and transit and were being supported by intelligence agencies, both civil and military, of Bangladesh.
This was stated by Minister of State for External Affairs E Ahmed in reply to a written question.
He said there were reportedly 52 terrorist camps in Pakistan and PoK and the Government has, in its interaction ... | |
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